Paul Lewis Atkinson

US Patent:

20180290691, Oct 11, 2018

Filed:

May 2, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/570723

Inventors:

- Bergen op Zoom, NL
Mark TURNER - Wixom MI, US
Anil TIWARI - Bangalore IN, US
Matthew DELANEY - Belleville MI, US
Amit KULKARNI - Newburg IN, US
Paul Michael ATKINSON - West Chester PA, US

International Classification:

B62D 25/14
B62D 29/00

Abstract:

A cross-car beam, includes a plastic beam body defining a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along a first direction D such that the plastic beam body is elongate in the first direction D The plastic beam body further defines a cross-sectional shape along, a plane P that is normal to the first direction D The cross-car beam may further include a metallic beam body configured to be coupled to the plastic beam body The metallic beam body defining a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along a direction, for example the first direction D when the metallic